Opinion Columns
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The news in Obama’s speechMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Herewith President Obama’s May 19 Middle East speech, annotated: “It will be the policy of the United States to promote reform across the region, and to support tra...
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All limbered up and stretching the truthMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - A Washington Post feature — “The Fact Checker” — is possibly the most powerful force for good since Clark Kent encountered a phone booth. The other day it laid into Newt...
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A personal brush with the callous red-light camera lawMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - To some people, $100 is a lot of money. I, alas, am one of those people. So when, having videoed my car making what it alleged to be an illegal right turn on red, the Ci...
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Rich, but poor in self-assuranceMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - Raj Rajaratnam should be about the last person in the world that I have any sympathy for. I don’t know him. I don’t have a lot in common with billionaires who would chea...
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Romney’s pre-emptive strikeMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sitting under the lush palms and blue skies of the richest Americans’ favorite resort — during off-season when the rich wouldn’t be caught dead here, ...
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A tale of two school systemsMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - High school seniors have gotten another grim report card in civics. According to the recently released 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 64 percent of pu...
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Immigration demagogueryMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - “I’m going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues.” #8212; Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, Texas, May 10 Construct...
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A founding document for a new ChinaMay 15, 2011 12:00 am - Over the last five Sundays, more than 100 members of the Shouwang Church in Beijing have been detained to prevent them from meeting. It is a confrontation between state ...
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GOP: Try again on MedicareMay 15, 2011 12:00 am - Nice try, Republicans, running a political protection racket to push your Medicare scheme. Scrubbed of the sweet talk about saving Medicare, your offer boiled down to th...
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Rapping at the White HouseMay 15, 2011 12:00 am - Once again, we have an association controversy at the White House. This week, a rapper who calls himself “Common” was invited by Michelle Obama to read some of his “poet...